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Silver medal, awarded to surgeon Daniel J. Duigan,

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1856

Lapel badge, silvered tin, silk ribbon, pin, fund raising badge for war effort, "La Terreur des Boches", French, 1914

Lapel badge, silvered tin, silk ribbon, pin, fund

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1914

Copy of presentation mace in silver gilt, in glaze

Surgery

1919-1920

Serbian red cross medal, silver and red enamel, with ribbon, unsigned Serbia, 1876

Serbian red cross medal, silver and red enamel, wi

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1876

Indian General Service medal, 1854-1895, silver, awarded to Surgeon P.J. Damania with bar for Burma, designed by L.C. Wyon, made by W. Wyon, English, 1885-1895

Indian General Service medal, 1854-1895, silver, a

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1885-1895

Bronze medal, awarded to Surgeon Yarr, donated by N. Montefiore FRCS, of Army Medical School, designed by Alphee Dubois, English or French, 1881

Bronze medal, awarded to Surgeon Yarr, donated by

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1881

Queen's India Service Medal, silver, with bar for Relief of Chitral, 1895, awarded to assistant apothecary J. Smith, T.M.S., by J.B., English, 1895

Queen's India Service Medal, silver, with bar for

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1895

Two silver medals with silk ribbons, China War medal, awarded to Surgeon Henry Fegan MD, artist L.C. Wyon, medal English, 1841-1842

Two silver medals with silk ribbons, China War med

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1841-1842

The Jellalabad medal, silver, with ribbon, awarded to Surgeon J. Robertson, 13th PALI, English, 1842

The Jellalabad medal, silver, with ribbon, awarded

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1842-1843

Medal, Tibet Medal, 1903-1904, bronze with single bar "Gyantse" and genuine ribbon, English, 1905. Illustration on the obverse shows Edward VII in military costume. Medal received by Torgu (doolie bearere, British Field Hospital)

Medal, Tibet Medal, 1903-1904, bronze with single

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1905

Medal, silver, oval shaped, Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, awarded to Private J.R. Barham, R.A.M.C., English, 1920-1929

Medal, silver, oval shaped, Territorial Force Effi

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1920-1929

The British War Medal 1914-20, silver with silk ribbon awarded by British Army to Corporal J. Hardman of A.V.C., designed by B.M., English, 1918-1920

The British War Medal 1914-20, silver with silk ri

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1918-1920

Medal, silver, with ribbon awarded to Private T. Hughes Shrophire Light Infantry by the Hong Kong Community for services rendered during the plague of 1894, Hong Kong, 1894

Medal awarded to Private T. Hughes

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1894

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, and paper, fund raiser on Journee du "75" 1914-1915, military significance, French, 1915-1916

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, and paper, fund rais

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1915-1916

Silver medal, silk ribbon, Miltary Medal awarded for "Bravery in the Field", awarded to SGt. W. McKim of the RAMC, artist B.M., medal English, 1914-1918; Miltary Medal (M.M.) was instituted on 25 March 1916. It as awarded for gallantry and devotion to duty whilst under fire. Recipients of the medal were entitled to use the letters M.M. after their name.

Military Medal

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1914-1918

Egyptian medal 1882-1889, silver medal with silk ribbon, awarded to Pte. W. Kay, with a bar for Tel-el-Kebir, artist L.C. Wyon, English, 1882-1889

Egyptian medal 1882-1889, silver medal with silk r

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1882-1889

The Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, issued in 1848, silver plated (?) copy (?) with silk ribbon awarded to W.D. Kerr, Assistant Surgeon in British Army, with bar for Syria, designed by W. Wyon, English, 1848

The Naval General Service Medal 1793-1840, issued

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1848

Medal, silver, octagonal, Polar medal for Arctic expeditions, discoveries, the First Polar Medal issue, awarded to Sir Alec Armstrong M.D., Royal Navy, English, 1857

Medal, silver, octagonal, Polar medal for Arctic e

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1857

Silver medal with ribbon, Sardinian issue of Turkish medal (Crimea), awarded to British troops and her other allies, minature medal also, artist unknown, medals Turkish, 1856-1857

Silver medal with ribbon, Sardinian issue of Turki

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1856-1856

British War Medal 1914-1920, silver, ribbon missing, awarded to Pte A.J. Walker, of R.A.M. C. for services during 1st World War, designed by B.M., English, 1918-1920

British War Medal 1914-1920, silver, ribbon missin

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1918-1920

Oval bronze openwork medal commemorating Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, with silk ribbon, English, 1901 to 1920

Oval bronze openwork medal commemorating Queen Ale

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1901-1920

Bronze medal to commemorate the outbreak of war, 1914, by Baetes, Belgium, 1914

Bronze medal to commemorate the outbreak of war, 1

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1914

Medal, bronze, rectangular, of Dr. Carol Davila (1828-1884), physician who organised the military medical service for the Romanian army and the country's public health system, by M. and W., Romania, 1903.

Medal, bronze, rectangular, of Dr. Carol Davila (1

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1903

Bronze medal, designed by C. Pfeuffer and P.V. Cornelius, commemorating Dr. J.C.J. Lohmeyer, chief military surgeon after 50 years service, German, 1850

Medal commemorating Johann Karl Jacob Lohmeyer

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1850

Badge, stormtroopers tin badge, vertical steel pin, skull and crossed hand grenades emblem, German, 1914-1918

Badge, stormtroopers tin badge, vertical steel pin

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1914-1918

Silver medal, dated 1644, German, seems to be rejoicing at the return of peace to the land, could have some bearing on the last years of the 30 years war, hence, German, 1644

Silver medal, dated 1644, German, seems to be rejo

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1644

Circular bronze medal, commemorates 50 years service as a military surgeon in Prussian army of J.W. von Wiebel, designed by H.F. Brandt, German, 1834

Circular bronze medal, commemorates 50 years servi

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1834

Bronze medal by I.A. commemorating 43 years service of Dr. Christian Andrew Cothenius, German, 1708 to 1750

Bronze medal by I.A. commemorating 43 years servic

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1708-1750

Circular bronze medal, commemorates J.W. von Wiebel, and his 50 years service as a military surgeon in the Prussian army, designed by H.F. Brandt, German, 1834

Circular bronze medal, commemorates J.W. von Wiebe

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1834

Bronze medal by H.F.Brandt, celebrating I.A.I.Buettner's 50th anniversary of service as military doctor and Chief of Prussian Army Medical Service, German, 1835

Bronze medal by H.F.Brandt, celebrating I.A.I.Buet

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1835

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, an identity card for Paris Day, 14 July 1917, worn by J. Foray, stamped by Mayor of Paris, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, an identity card for

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1917

Lapel badge, cardboard, fund raiser for reconstruction of homes in France, destroyed by the War, 1914-1917, Appeal days, 21-22 May 1917, made by Ehrmann, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, fund raiser for reconstruc

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1917

Lapel badge, cardboard, lemon-shaped, fund raiser on National Day of the Orphans of the War, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1915-1918.

Lapel badge, cardboard, lemon-shaped, fund raiser

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1915-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, generally circular, with ribbon, pin, fund raiser for War, Paris Day, 14 July 1917, by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, generally circular, with r

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1917

Lapel badge, bronze, circular, fund raiser for Paris Day, 14 July 1917, possibly for War effort, made by Paris-Art, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, bronze, circular, fund raiser for Par

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1917

3 postcards, identical, purchased in aid of National Defence in France, also a newspaper cutting giving information about Appeal Day for the French African Army and the Colonial Troops, Paris, France, 1915-1917.

3 postcards, identical, purchased in aid of Nation

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1915-1917

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top, fund raiser for War, Day of the French Army in Africa and the Colonial Troops, campaigns from 1914-1916 listed, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1916-1917.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top,

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1916-1917

Two lapel badges, generally circular, carboard, small ribbon at top, fund raisers for War, on Day of the City of Paris, 14 July 1915, made by Devambez, Paris, France, 1915.

Two lapel badges, generally circular, carboard, sm

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1915

Lapel badge, cardboard, octagonal, fund raiser for War, Soldiers' Days, 25 and 26 December, 1915, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1915.

Lapel badge, cardboard, octagonal, fund raiser for

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1915

Lapel badge, cardboard, silk ribbon, oval, fund raiser for National Day of Tuberculosed War Veterans, made by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1917-1918.

Lapel badge, cardboard, silk ribbon, oval, fund ra

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1917-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon strip at top, fund raiser for War, Paris Day, 14 July 1916, made by I. Lapina, Paris, France, 1916.

Lapel badge, cardboard, ribbon strip at top, fund

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1916

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top, fund raising badge, on National Day for Tuberculosed War Veterans, made by d'Abel Faire and Devambez, Paris, France, 1917-1918.

Lapel badge, oval, cardboard, silk ribbon at top,

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1917-1918

Lapel badge, cardboard, roughly oval, fund raiser for War, Day of the French African Army, and the Colonial Troops 1917, campaigns from 1914-1916 listed on reverse, by Chambrelent, Paris, France, 1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, roughly oval, fund raiser

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1917

Lapel badge, cardboard, narrow ribbon on top, fund raiser for National Day of Tuberculosed War Veterans, by Levy-Dhurmer and Devambez, Paris, France, 1914-1917.

Lapel badge, cardboard, narrow ribbon on top, fund

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1914-1917

Copper medal to commemorate I.G.G. Orlov, by G.C. Waechter, Russia, 1771

Copper medal to commemorate I.G.G. Orlov, by G.C.

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1771

Medal, gilt bronze, with ribbon, presented to Peninsula War, (and later Waterloo) veteran, reputedly, dated 1813, European, 1813

Medal, gilt bronze, with ribbon, presented to Peni

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1813

Rectangular bronze plaque, inscribed, to commemorate military nursing, by Crass, Europe, 1914-1930

Rectangular bronze plaque, inscribed, to commemora

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1914-1930

Three lapel badges, circular, aluminium, two with ribbons, pins, fund raising badges, on Paris Day, 14 July, 1915, to 1917, by Bargaz, French, 1915-1917

Three lapel badges, circular, aluminium, two with

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1915-1917

Lapel badge, in form of French flag, fund raiser, for the wounded and convalescing soldiers of Vitry-sur-Seine, 1916, France, 1916

Lapel badge, in form of French flag, fund raiser,

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1916

Lapel badge, paper flag, fund raiser during War, French, 1915-1918

Lapel badge, paper flag, fund raiser during War, F

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1915-1918